Ms. López (Venezuela) said that the topic of external debt and development was central to the attainment of sustained economic growth for development; it must be perceived as a structural relationship in which less external debt meant more development. The high cost of external debt had turned developing countries into net exporters of capital and was constraining their development capacity.
López (Venezuela) dice que el tema de la deuda externa y el desarrollo es el eje central en torno al cual gira la consecución de un crecimiento económico sostenible con miras al desarrollo; se lo debe percibir como una relación estructural según la que, a menor endeudamiento externo, mayores posibilidades hay de alcanzar el desarrollo.